Stale (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age; "stale bread"; "the beer was stale".
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Meaning 2
Lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; "moth-eaten theories about race"; "stale news".
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All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The movie's plot was stale and predictable, relying on overused tropes and cliches.
- After a few years, the politician's campaign speeches started to sound stale and lacking in sincerity.
- The comedian's jokes were stale and unoriginal, and the audience could sense his desperation to come up with something new.
- The news of the celebrity's breakup was stale by the time it hit the morning papers, having been circulating on social media for hours.
- The professor's lecture on the same topic every year was starting to feel stale, with the same tired examples and anecdotes.